About Carrissa
Carrissa Hankins is a Family Nurse Practitioner with a master's degree in nursing from Widener University in Chester, PA.
Since getting her advanced practice nursing license in 2009, Carrissa has worked in Walk-in Care, Sleep Medicine, and Pulmonary Medicine clinics across Maine.
These day you'll find her...
- Speaking at conferences on Sleep Medicine topics
- Working with her sleep apnea coaching clients
- Managing her patients with sleep apnea
- Mentoring nurse practitioners and physician associates in Sleep & Pulmonary Medicine topics
Carrissa is the owner/operator of Hello Sleep Health and The Sleep NP LLC, as well as the wife of a successful CPAP user.
From 2011 to 2019, Carrissa worked hand-in-hand with a board-certified sleep and pulmonary physician in a sleep medicine clinic in northern Maine. Her primary focus was sleep apnea diagnosis and treatment, including sleep studies, CPAP, BiPAP, and ASV. She also managed patients with RLS (Restless Legs Syndrome), OSA with COPD overlap, and narcolepsy.
From 2019 to 2022, she worked in a pulmonology clinic. Her focus widened to include COPD, asthma, pulmonary fibrosis, lung cancer screening, oxygen therapy, and respiratory failure.
Carrissa started seeing CPAP coaching clients & patients through Hello Sleep Health in the summer of 2024.
In 2025, Carrissa became a Steering Committee member for the newly formed Sleep Medicine Advanced Practice Provider organization - a place for Nurse Practitioners & Physician Associates to learn and grow their Sleep Medicine clinical skills.
Whether in a clinic setting or speaking at a conference, Carrissa loves to coach, teach, and help people to say "hello" to a better state of sleep health.
See Carrissa in action
If you or someone you know is looking for sleep apnea help - whether in the form of education, coaching, consulting, or clinical expertise - we've built Hello Sleep Health just for you. Check out our homepage or book a Meet & Greet call to learn more.
If you are a healthcare provider looking to boost your clinic decision-making skills when it comes to Sleep Medicine, learn more about Sleep Medicine Mentorship at www.TheSleepNP.com.